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J. J. ADGATE.

WARDROBE BED.

(No Model.)

Patented Apr. Z0.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

JOSEPH J. ADGATE, OF NEWV YORK, N. Y.

WARDROBE-BED.

HPECIPECATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 340,072, dated April 20 1886.

Application tiled October 4, 181-3. Renewed February 24, 1885. Serial No. 156,797. (No model.)

To all whom, it may concern.-

Be it known that I, Josnrn J. Ancix'rn, of the city, county, and State of New York, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Wardrobe-Beds, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to beds in which a pivoted bed-frame is made to fold into a vertical 7 position by means of weights applied to its in- [O ner or lower end.

In the drawings, Figure 1 is a vertical sectional view of my invention, taken on the line w z of Fig. 4, showing the bed partly folded. Fig. 2 is the same, showing the bed entirely 1 folded. Fig. 3 is the same, showing the bed entirely lowered. Fig. 4 is a vertical back view, and Fig. 5 is a vertical view, of my series of weights.

Similar letters of reference designate similar parts in all the drawings.

A is the stationary case in which the other parts move.

B B are the side pieces of the bed-frame L, resting upon the rollers 11- a, which travel in 2 the grooves b b in the sides of the case A.

c 0 are rollers on the cross-piece F of the frame L.

D is the head-board, and E is a strip hinged on one side to the bottom of the head-board 1 D and on the other side to the cross-piece F. The head-board D has attached to its back the guide-block 8, through which passes the rod f, which rod f is secured at both ends to the case A. By means of this feature of my inventionl am enabled to reduce the friction caused by the upward and downward movementofthehead-boardto a minimum. Grooves may be cut in the back of the head-board D, if necessary, to prevent its binding on the tracks d d in its descent. This head-board D also has attached to its back the brackets or arms G G.

S S S are a series of metallic bars, which constitute the weights for operating the bed, sliding upon the rod I vertically when the bed is in motion, and resting in the notches n a n n n n in the frames H H when the bed is closed.

Each succeeding notch in the series a n n is lower than the corresponding notch in the series n an. Thus, if the notches n n n" are respectively two, four, six, 820., inches above a horizontal line, the notches n n n will be respectively three, five, seven, &c., inches above the same line, or thereabout; but I do not confine myself to these proportions. The second bar from the bottom of the series S S S projects farther to the right than the first, the third projects farther to the left than the second, the fourth, again, projects farther to the right than the third, and the fifth farther to the left than the fourth, and this increase of length alternately from right to left continues through the whole series. This arrange ment causes one end of each succeeding bar to project beyond the end of the bar next below it, so that one end of each succeeding bar will rest one notch higher than the same end of the bar immediately preceding it, and the other ends of the same two bars will rest one on the other in a single notch of the opposite frame.

The operation of my invention is as follows: When the bed is closed, the rollers a a are in the position shown in Fig. 2, the frame L is closely folded up into the case A, and the rollers c c are upon or near the bottom of the case A. If the upper end of the frame L be then drawn forward, the frame L will swing on the rollers a a, the rollers c 0 will be brought against and travel up the tracks d (I, approaching more nearly the bottoms of the grooves b b, pushing the frame L upward and outward, and causing the rollers a a to run farther out in the groovesb b. At the same time the strip E and head-board D will be raised until the weight ofthe outer end ofthe descending frameL overbalances the resistance thus caused on its inner end. At this point one of the brackets G G will engage one end of the lowest bar, S, and lift it until the bar is in a horizontal position, when it will begin to lift the lowest end of the next bar, (see Figs. 1 and 4,) continuing to take up the remaining bars in the same manner as the bed descends, thus gradually increasing the weight until the bed is in the position shown in Fig. 3, when the weight of all the bars S S S will be resting upon the brackets G G, and through them the head-board D and strip E upon the inner end of the frame L. As the bed-frame L descends the rollers c a will traverse tracks d d up the back of the case A, pushing the frame L gradually out from the back of the case A and causing the rollers a a to travel out toward the ends of the grooves Z) I), thus increasing the distance between the weights S SS and t hed'u'lcrum-roll-- ers a a. By this means much less weight will balance the frame L than would be required if the pivots on which it turned remained always in a position corresponding to the position ofthe rollersaa. as shown in Fig. 2. When the bed is being folded, the weight-bars S S S will be gradually deposited in the frames H H, the rollers a awill slide down in thegrooves b b. and the bed-frame will be folded closely and compactly into the case A.

By means of my invention I am enabled to adjust and increase or diminish the weight on the inner endcof the frame L, so that the frame L shall open and close evenly through its whole course, and can be stopped, and will remain without being held or fastened at any desired angle.

1 claim as new 1. In a wardrobe-bed, the stationary supportingframe A, the movable frame L, pivoted to the stationary frame A, the strip E, the head-board D, brackets G G, series of weights S S S, and supports H H, provided with the notches n n n n nn, constructed as described.

2. In a wardrobebed, the stationary supportingframe A, provided with the grooves b b and tracks (1 d, the movable frame L, pivoted Within the stationary frame A upon the rollers a a, and provided with the rollers 0 0,

the strip E, head-Hoard D, brackets G G. se-

ries of weights S S S, and the supports H H for the same, constructed as described.

3. The series of weights S SS, the guiderod I, the stationary frame or case A, provided rollers a a c a, strip E. head-board D, guide a, and rod f, combined and operating snbstam,

tially as set forth.

5; In a wardrobe-bed, the stationary sup-- porting-frame provided with the grooves b b and tracks d d, the movable frame provided with the rollers a a c c, pivoted therein, the strip E, head-board D, and brackets G G, attached thereto, guide e, rod f, series of weights S S S, the rod I, and frames H H, for guiding and supporting said weight-bars. constructed, combined, and operating substantially as described.

- JOSEPH J. ADGATE. Witnesses; 1

-B. P. RYAN, S. P. KINT. 

